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our documentary series slippery roads starts march 10th on d w. this is d w news live from an increasingly bloody crackdown against protesters in the me and mom police opened fire with live rounds up to stun grenades and tear gas failed to disperse crowds also on the show amini is unbuckled prime minister on the defensive to the president the military and the people turned their back on him over the country's to feet in the rules with the by john. and in football life's
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a stink stick claim to the bundesliga title edging mention blood in a 5 goal thriller it will bring you all of the highlights. try manuscript in the can and thanks so much for joining us media and me and mom are reporting that police have shot dead protesters and wounded several others in a crackdown on people protesting against the military junta tear gas water cannons and stun grenades were fired into crowds in various locations while schools of demonstrators were hauled away in police trucks or thora she's are trying to crush weeks of demonstrations against the february 1st military takeover which depose the civilian government. with more on this i'm joined by journalist
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a man talent in young gun a thanks for joining us can you tell us more about what's happening right now way you are in young gone. so again what we're seeing today is more and more militant opposition to police we see protesters out with shields scouts on by we also recently just saw. reports of multiple cocktails being thrown and essentially people creating barricades in order to hold their position in the places that they're trying to protest against these things ok so it seems like the police are really getting more violent in the way that they're dealing with the protesters does this suggest that they feel they're losing their grip on the situation. yeah so we're seeing not just police on the streets today but also soldiers and you know based on what we saw yesterday which is just the in the middle of me and normal you are having borne the brunt of these crackdowns it
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really looks like they are trying to stand up stand on 2 days ago to clean themselves self administered city that was free from the time control and so they saw the most violent yesterday and is this violence expected to keep getting what. i think it's likely that the violence will keep getting worse what we've been seeing from the protesters side is more and more going to hear. from hong kong and the type of testers in terms of how to limit things how to keep themselves safe really see a lot of people carrying shields now everyone pretty much everyone's wearing helmets running shoes things like that and we're really seeing more and more police . crackdown start really doing as well so you know the person protestors who were shot where shot in the late afternoon as police are trying to break up protests and now we're hearing. live and my mission ok i can see that we're being
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used as very early as in the morning ok now briefly on sunset she hasn't been seen since the coup she's due to face a court hearing on monday on charges brought against her by the military junta will this galvanize the protests. yes and i think also the arrest hundreds of protesters as well as other people who've been. prisoners and general lessons are really just out there doing their jobs well also galvanize people and that's more of a people get injured anything killed you know the result of the protesters has always struck there all right journalist a human tongued thank you so much. thank you. hong kong police have charged dozens of prominent pro-democracy activists with subversion this is the single largest in force known to beijing sweeping new
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national security and all the activists were arrested after being ordered to report to local police stations it's the latest in the crackdown on democratic opposition in the territory a group of more than 50 activists was initially arrested earlier this year after they helped organize an unofficial primary vote last july so nominate opposition candidates the most vote came weeks off to china draft of the new security law which makes it easier to take measures against home combes democracy movement and joining us now is called who's in hong kong what will happen to the people who've been charged today will they be going straight to jail. what are they $47.00 prominent activists and opposition takers prosecutors for. b.s.c. to commit the 1st and a new sweeping national security law according to the latest press release
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announced by the government so they will be brought to court strictly to morrow morning to attend the 1st hearing we saw a little bit more details about the case is expected into tomorrow but we're not expecting the hearing to begin that soon tomorrow the just $100.00 fail application that will decide what they will have to be we meant it in custody in the shop coming future so today there are many of all of them a prominent activists and they have to report to the police station just as i'm standing outside one of the police station where one of the activists just enter the police station shortly before and he had told the press that things this is not via the phone calls democracy and he believes that crowd and hopes the hong kong people was to carry on the banking despite the repressive political climate and the latest repression ok so just to be clear they have been arrested but they haven't been charged is that correct. i know they have
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been arrested last month and today $47.00 out of $55.00 of them were prosecuted officially for their part even in the official primary last year so. last year the opposition came out on the official primaries to choose the candidates for the now postponed legislative elections 600000 people voted in that unofficial primary but later on the government accused them of stuff voting to say power because they all want to pressure the government within the last station by featuring the government's bill so i'm not a new national security law. your thought is defined as kind of primary action. at the time it so that's why they're now last month they were rounded up. arrested and now they're officially charged and will be brought to court and that including one of the most famous activists. was now services and such out is also prosecutor
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today it will appear in court tomorrow or i t w c the call in hong kong thanks so much. to armenia now which has seen another day of angry protests with thousands taking to the streets prime minister nicola passion yun is refusing to resign despite the army demanding he step down he in turn is accusing the military of an attempted coup d'etat alexander penco has been following the protests. protests that show no sign of winding down several thousands of position protesters took to the streets of armenia's capital your effort to call for the resignation of prime minister nicola passion down not only unhappy about his handling of last year's war without a doubt also peter that he tried to dismiss the head of the army.
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our army is doing the right thing now by not supporting him because prime minister has failed in every way he's not even human and he's a traitor. we need an army without a traitor nicole passion here and we want to build a new army now we save borders in the future. that i come here every day because the war is not over for me after the war the struggle against the internal enemy has begun here and we will win i have no doubt. president our men sarkeesian whose role is merely we presented to side with the protesters as he refused to sign a prime ministerial order to dismiss the army's chief of staff. then shows are mean after the prime minister rejected calls by armenian officers to resign you know and then accuse the mule 3 of them to the coup this is the 1st time in 30
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years that the army here has got a new role in the political crisis and mino wondering what's next. ok let's take a look at some of the other stories making news at this hour u.s. regulators have cleared a covert 19 vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical giant johnson and johnson it's the 3rd inoculation to be given the go ahead in america and the only one that requires just a single shot the company expects to supply 20000000 doses by next month. these ilands prime minister just has announced a 7 day lockdown in that cell for authorities detected a new case of covert 19 this is the 2nd locked down there in a month health authorities are working to contain clusters of the more contagious corona virus variant that was 1st identified in the united kingdom. in nigeria more than 40 students and teachers who were abducted 2 weeks ago have been freed they were kidnapped by gunmen from
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a school in the north central state of nigeria on friday more than 300 girls were abducted at gunpoint from another school in neighboring zamfara state best state is still unknown. spanish police have come under attack during protests against the jailing of a popular rapper loosing broke out in wasilla nervous police confronted supporters of popular cell singer has been jailed for glorifying terrorism some of his fans claim the sentence suppresses free speech. but in this league football now and lights made history in a thrilling match against not only did they keep their title hopes alive by scoring 3 2nd half goals it was the 1st time that they have ever won in the top league after being 2 golds down. 2 of the best coaches in the business came to grips in leipzig you leonardo's man's home side on a 4 game winning streak founded on
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a physical defense but a little too much muscle from di joachim account i meant that marco rose's man would open the story from the spot for going to school for money after just 6 minutes it was a bad start and things would get worse for leipzig just 13 minutes later baucus to ram was riding on mark at the back post in the 19th minute the deflection would make it a tuna late for the half time in the 2nd stanza the hunt side started to look more menacing in attack and when christopher unconquered finally bit the end so much in the 57th minute arm side began to look like an irresistible force 10 minutes later a use of polson struck from long range. but they had leveled the schools and set the stage for an all at siege on club bucks goal in the final 25 minutes. i mean close from a free kick. the tension of a brilliant scientist building to
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a christian though in the 90th minute when norwegian alexander saw a lot use the speed to keep the star the last minute when. it comes to say she continued after the final whistle about whether he used his hands as we'll. see no word to say goodbye to title contention. and after last weekend's defeat draining the bundesliga champions by in munich got back on track with a win over relegation threatened cologne the hosts scored 5 times in a commanding performance built around midfielder lay on gretzky he set up both 1st half goals the 2nd of which saw him skillfully combine with league top scorer robot and off the $51.00 was the final score at the allianz arena. ok let's take a look at some of the other results so far this weekend. brushed past to be the favorite spork one against half stuttgart put 5. like $61.00 against
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mention blood on friday braman beach front foot and an underdog win and there are still 3 games to play on sunday when you are in berlin play hoffenheim minds host out spoke and leverkusen face. now archaeologists have discovered an ornate roman chariot near the italian city of pay the 4 wheeled vehicle and its components and bronze decorations all up said to be in excellent condition the vehicle was left undamaged when nearby mountains vs erupted in 7980 and buried in a sea of boiling lava researches believe the chariot was used for festivities and they have carried brides to bed new homes. and finally britain has said goodbye to captain tom moore the 102 year old veteran who raised tens of millions
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of pounds for britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard only his immediate family attended the ceremony in central england but soldiers carried his coffin and formed a ceremonial god a world war 2 era transport plane flew over the surface fijian soldiers for most former unit of the yorkshire regiment gathered to pay tribute to the global air. you're watching news live from berlin next up the film with the miracle of herring i knew troops mckinnon thanks for. telling me oh and did you know it was a certainty through the end of the war 2 world wars here but it's not just the world's little suffering it's the order of the humans in those polls went to the priests and the functions strange to us as we seek to listen.

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